Having switched from 80% Java (20% about 5 other languages) to probably 75% Kotlin over the last year, one of my absolute favorite things named arguments. When

Having switched from 80% Java (20% about 5 other languages) to probably 75% Kotlin over the last year, one of my absolute favorite things named arguments. When you name your arguments, simply supplying them will use the default if one has been specified. If one hasn’t been specified then you must provide it when calling and your compiler/IDE will definitely let you know. I used to go out of my way with method overloads, JavaDocs, argument @annotations, and Builder classes in order to get this same level conciseness and cleanliness in my Java code. It is extra work (even with Lombok) but I personally can’t stand when I don’t keep it clean like that. Understandably a lot of other developers on my teams don’t always go to the same lengths. I honestly haven’t ready the details on PHP’s plan for this, but with Kotlin’s names arguments I’ve found almost no need of method overloading anymore- most of those input variations are now covered (except for when you’ve got different types coming in, which usually can be handled with a common interface or base class).